Washing-machine



No. 624,540. Patented May 9, I899.

W. S. REAMER.

WASHING MACHINE.

(Application med m. 30, 1898.)

(No Model.)

NITED "STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

WILLIAM S. REAMER, OF OSWEGO, KANSAS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,540, dated May 9, 1899.

Application filed March 30, 1898.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM S. REAMER, of Oswego, Labette county, Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWashing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to washing-machines, and more particularly to that class of washing-machines embodying a tubv having a corrugated surface, a cover for said tub, a pivoted segmental rubber within the tub and provided with a handle projecting up through the cover, and springs to hold said rubber in contact with the goods in the tub with a yielding pressure in order that the rubber may press firmly against the goods to be washed whether they be many or few; and the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to produce the handle of the rubber, and the springs for depressing the latter. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line III III of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional perspective view of a blank to form the tub-bottom before said blank is double-seamed to the side blanks to complete the formation of the tub. Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on the line V V of Fig. 1, but on a larger scale.

In the said drawings, 1 1 designate parallel bars, which are connected together at their front ends by a cross-bar 2 and a cross-bar 3, thereby constituting a rectangular frame having a box at one end for the support of and to receive the water wrung out of the articles by the wringer, (not shown,) such water run Serial No. 675,88l). (N0 model.)

ning back into the tub, as will be readily understood.

4 designates diverging legs or braces ar ranged in pairs and carrying at their upper ends the horizontal frame above described- The tub, which is composed of sheet metal,

is secured in any suitable manner at its upper edge to said frame and depends from the same between the supporting-legs 4 and is secured reliablyin such position in any suitable manner, and said tub is provided with the usual plug or cap 5, covering an opening, through which the water may be drained when desired.

The tub is constructed as followsthat is to say: 6 designates a curved blank of sheet metal having parallel side margins and stamped to provide the parallel upwardly projecting ribs 7, which do not extend entirely across the sheet and slope or taper to a featheredge, as shown at 8, so as to form no abrupt snugly. Said loops and flanges are then bent inward to a horizontal position against the under side of blank 6, now forming the bot tom of the tub, this bending operation completing the formation of what is known as a double seam and making an absolutely water-tight joint Without packing of any char= acter. It is also quickly and easily made.

Pivotally mounted upon the horizontal frame, as shown at 12 or in any other suitable manner, is a cover 13 for the tub, provided with elongated openingsor slots 14 in its top for a purpose to be presently explained, this top being also preferably of sheet metal. 15 designates a pair of oppositely-located metallic clips of substantially, U shape in cross-section and provided with flanges 16, through which rivets 17 extend to secure the The corrugated or roughened surclip to the sides of the cover. The upper ends of said clips are closed, as shown at 18, and they are of length to project some distance below the sides of the cover preferably and are provided with vertical slots 19 in their inner sides.

20 designates a segmental rubber of the type shown or of any other suitable construction, and said rubber is provided with a handle comprising the arms 21, projecting up through the slots 14 0f the cover, and the cross-bar 22, which the operator grasps in manipulating the rubber. OutWardly-projecting pins carried by said arms at a suitable point preferably comprise bolts 24, projecting outward from said arms, and headed sleeves 25, secured upon said bolts and projecting into said U -shaped clips through the slots 19, and 26 designates coiled expansive springs, which are reliably confined within said clips and hear at their upper and lower ends, re-

spectively, against the closed ends 18 of the clips and said sleeves and tend to hold the rubber down with a yielding pressure.

In practice after the articles are placed in the tub and the cover is lowered it is only necessary to rock the handle, and thereby the rubber, back and forth in order to effectively wash said articles, the strong springs 26 holding the rubber down to its work with a yielding pressure to the end that it may yield when shall not be torn or injured.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced a washing-machine which embodies the features of advantage enumerated in the statement of invention, and it is to be understood that changes which do not involve a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention I reserve the right to make.

' Having thus described the invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a washing-1nachine,a suitable body por tion, a slotted cover therefor, a pair of clips secured vertically at the inner sides of the cover, and provided with vertical slots 19, a clothes-rubber provided with arms projecting up through the slots of the cover and connected at their upper ends by a handle, bolts projecting from the rubber-arms through the slots -19, and expansive springs within the clips exerting a downward pressure on said bolts, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

\VM. S. REAMER.

Witnesses:

B. W. READ, E. T. READ. 

